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T. J. MUNEY. WATER HATEB. (Apphcahon lad Apr 29, 1898 No. szlso.

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UNITED r STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JOSEPII MOONEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF ToELIZABETH T. OODY, OF SAME PLACE.

WATER-HEATER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,690, dated March21, 1899.

Application filed April 29, 1898.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, THOMAS' JOSEPH Moo NEY,a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county andState of New 5 York, have invented new and useful Improvements inWater-Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

j .By means of this apparatus water can be rapidly heated to requireddegree for culi- Io nary, bathing, and other purposes, as set forth inthe following specification and claims and illustrated in theannexeddrawings, in whichl Figure 1 is a sectional elevation' of the ap- 15paratus. Fig. 2 is a view at a right angle to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asection along a: Fig. 1. Fig. 4I is a section along y y, Fig. 1.

Water from a suitable conduit or supply e'ntering at inlet 1 flows alongthe conduit or zo pipe 2 to chamber 3 and passage 4 to chamber 5, whencechannel 6, Fig. 3, leads to chamber 7, having seat 8 for valve 9. Whenthe valve is open, the water flows into chamber 10 and channel 11 to thehorizontal Vpipe-section 12, z5 having a nipple or outlet 13, lwhencethe water can be drawn off for required purposeas, for example, througha douche or showerbath 14 and 15.

An inlet for a heating medium or steam is 3o shown at 16, Fig. 3,leading to chamber 17, having seat 18 for valve 19, which when openallows the heat or steam to pass to chamber 2O andthence to channel 21,leading to pipe or pipes 22. The steam can exhaust or es- 3 5 cape at23, Fig. 1. As seen, the water-pipes 2 extend through or are surroundedby the steam pipe or jacket 22 and the steam is led in a directionopposite to the'. ilow of the water, the latter being thus thoroughly orin- 4o stantaneously heated. The water-pipe 2 is shown straight, butmanifestly it can be run otherwise-as, for example, spiral or bent, if

required.

The chambers 5 7 10 17 2O and channels 6,

45 11, and 21 are formed in a casing 1, interposed between thepipe-section 12 and the conduit or pipe 2 and jacket 22. The upper sideof the casing has a screw connection with a part of the pipe 12, and thelower end 5o of the casing has Screwthreaded connections and jacket 22.

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with the upper end of the conduit or pipe 2 The valves 9 and 19 are bothshown normally held closed or to their seats each by a spring 221. Ascrew-stem 25 is shown adapted 5 5 to press or act against the valve 9or its stem, and a screw-stem 26 is similarly arranged with relation tovalve 19. By suitably turning or screwing such a stem toward its valvethe latter is opened more or less, as required. 6o Suitably applied Iorxed to stem 25 is a handle or lever 27. yThis handle is looselyconnected to the other stem or valve, as will presently appear. f l

On stem 25 is a gear 28, loosely mounted, so 65 as to be capable ofturning independently of the stem. This gear carries a pin orcoupling-stud 29, Fig. 2. When the valve 9 is closed and the handle 27is in the position shown in Fig. 2, a quarter-turn of the handle 7o willserve to open valve 9 and allow the water to flow. During this throw ofthe handle the gear 28 stands still. The tail or part 30 of the handlenow strikes the coupling pin or stud 29 on gear 28 and a continuedrotation 75 of the handle is now accompanied by rotation of gear 28.This gear 28, meshing into gear 31, fast on stem 26, the latter is nowrotatedA to open valve 19 for the flow of steam. It is thus seen thatthe handle 27 successively 8o actuates the valves at different points ofits throw or movement-that is to say, the handle at its first move opensvalve 9 to allow the water to flow and a continued throw or move of thehandle will turn on steam to 85 vheat the Water, the pin or projection29 communicating motion from the handle to the second or steam-valve -19at a certain point in the throw or movement of the handle. The handle orits tail 30y simply striking or 9o releasably engaging stud 29, thehandle on its return will carry the tail 30 away from the stud, and themain part of the handle striking such stud will give a return or closing movement to the gears 28 and 31. 95 The steam or heat inlet 16 isshown provided with a part or coupling 32, Fig. 3, having a threadedseat 33, having one or more lateral passages 35. The thimble or ring 34being screwed more or less along its seat 33 in one roo direction oranother, the low or pressure of steam into the inlet is regulated by thepassages 35 being more or less closed or obstructed. As the coupling 32is readily unscrewed or freed, the thimble 34C is readily accessible orset as required. The consumer or user can thus regulate thesteam-pressure as required in individual cases. The device is capable ofbeing cheaply made and is simple and not liable to get out of order.

A thermometer 36 can be suitably applied, as at channel l1, to indicatethe degree of heat of the water iowing to outlet 13. In case the valves9 and 19 are closed unheated water can be drawn from the pipe 2 orchamber 5 `by opening the valve 37. The steam from exhaust 23 can becollected or led oft or returned to the boiler as required. The handle,as seen, by a single or continuous throw opens both the valves to allowa flow of water and a flow of steam in the opposite direction for andheating said water, said water and steam flowing respectively throughsaid valves without mixing. v

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi l.' Awater-heater, consisting of a casing Vprovided with water-chambers 5 and'7, a

channel 6 connecting said chambers, a heatedfluid channel 2l, andvalve-seats 8 and 18, one controlling the passage of water and the otherthe inlet of steam, a pipe connected .with one side of the said casing,a water-conduit and a heated-fluid jacket both connected with the otherside of said casing, the conduit passing through the jacket and thelatterr having communication with the heated-fluid channel in thecasing, independentvalves seating upon said valve-seats, and devices forsuccessively opening the valves, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

2. In a water-heater, the combination with a casing having two separatewater-chambers, a heated-fluid chamber, means for introducing water anda heated fluid in the said chambers, respectively, and two independentvalves, one located in one of the water-cham- .bers and the other in theheated-fluid chamber, of two screw-threaded stems acting at their innerends upon the valves, a gear lixedly secured to one stem, a gear loosely`mounted on the other stem and provided with a pin or projection, and alever secured to the stem which carries the loosely-mounted gear andhaving a tailpiece which, after the lever has been swung toa certainextent to turn the stem to which it is secured, strikes the said pin orprojection and thereby imparts motion to the gear which is fixed to itsstem, substantially as and for the purposes described.v

3. In a water-heater, the combination with a casing having two separatewaterchambers, a heated-fluid chamber, means for introducing water and aheated fluid in the said chambers, respectively, two independent valves,

the stem to which it is secured, strikes the said pin or projection andthereby imparts motion to the gear which is ixed to its stem,substantially as and for the purposes de= scribed.

4. In a water-heater, the combination with a casin g havin g twoseparate water-chambers, a heated-fluid chamber, means for introducingwater and a heated tluid in the said chambers, respectively, and twoindependent valves, one located in one of the water-chambers and theother in the heated-fluid cham ber, of two screw-threaded stems actingat their inner ends upon the valves, a gear iixedly secured to one stem,a gear loosely mounted on the other stem and provided with a pin orprojection, a lever secured to the stem which carries theloosely=mounted gear and having a tailpiece which, after the lever hasbeen swung to a certain extent -to turn the stem to which it is secured,strikes the said pin or projection and thereby imparts motion to thegear which is Xed to its stem, a water-delivery pipe connected with oneside of the casing,V and a water-conduit and a heated-fluid jacketconnected with the oppo site side of the casing, said water-conduitpassing centrally through said jacket, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

5. The combination with a casing having water and steam chambersprovided, respectively, with valve-seats, valves arranged in saidchambers, and screw-threaded stems acting at their inner ends upon thevalves, of in* termeshing gears, one fixed to one of the stems and theother loosely mounted on the other stem and a handle secured to the stemwhich carries the loosely-mounted gear, and means, substantially asdescribed, for engaging the handle with a part of the loosely-mountedgear after the handle has made a partial revolution, substantially asand for the purposes described.

6. A water-heater comprising awater pipe or pipes, a steam or heatsupply pipe, a threaded seat in the steam-supply pipe having a lateralpassage, and a thimble adapted to screw along the seat for regulatingthe ilow or pressure through said passage, substantially as described.

7. A water-heater comprising a water-pipe and a heat or steam supplypipe made sepa rate orindependent from one another so that theirrespective contents will not mingle,

valves for said pipes, and a Common handle my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing made to aetuate both valves so as to allow Witnesses.the successive lioW Without mingling of Water i and steam in oppositedirections through THOMAS JOSEPH MOONEY' 5 said valves respectivelysubstantially as de- Witnesses: r

scribed.' W. C. HAUFF,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set E. F. KASTENHUBER.

